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Lake Samish is located 6.5 miles southeast of Bellingham. It is comprised of two basins which are connected by a narrow strait. The west arm is a small deep bay, and the east arm is a larger shallow bay. There are several small inlets that flow into the lake, including Lake Creek and Barnes Creek. Lake Samish drains via Friday Creek to the Samish River.
Size (acres) 130 Maximum Depth (feet) 140 Mean Depth (feet) 71 Lake Volume (acre-feet) 9230 Drainage Area (square miles) 3.70 Altitude (feet) 273 Shoreline Length (miles) 1.8
Source of morphometric data: Water Supply Bulletins 42, 43, and 57.
VOLUNTEER-COLLECTED SECCHI DATA ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Date Temperature Water %Cloud Recent Secchi Lake (Y/M/D) (C) (F) pH Color Cover Rain Wind (ft) Ht(in) Abbrev. Comments ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ STATION 2 97/06/18 20.0 68.0 6.5 Lt Green 0 Heavy Breezy 20.0 268.6 97/07/02 20.0 68.0 6.5 Lt Green 0 Calm 23.0 0.0 WATER LEVEL AT 268'4.25" ABOVE SEA LEVEL. 97/07/16 21.0 69.8 6.0 Lt Green 0 None Calm 19.0 0.0 WATER LEVEL WAS 268.5 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. 97/07/29 23.0 73.4 6.0 Lt Green 0 None Breezy 20.0 0.0 WATER LEVEL WAS 268.23 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. TOO MUCH DRIFT FOR 2ND READING. 97/08/13 25.0 77.0 6.0 Pea-green 1 None Calm 14.8 0.0 97/08/13 25.0 77.0 6.0 Pea-green 1 None Calm 16.5 0.0 97/08/28 23.0 73.4 6.0 Lt Green 100 Light Breezy 15.0 0.0 WATER LEVEL WAS 267.93 FEET. 97/09/24 20.0 68.0 6.5 Lt Green 0 None Calm 15.0 0.0 WATER WAS 268.08 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LABORATORY RESULTS ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Total Total Fecal Col. Bacteria Turb- Suspended Solids Phosphorus Nitrogen Chlorophyll (colonies/100 mL) idity Total Non-Volatile Color Date Strata (ug/L) (mg/L) (ug/L) Site 1 Site 2 (NTU) (mg/L) (mg/L) (Pt-Co) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ There are no LWQA Program chemistry data for this lake in 1997. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
SUMMARY OF VOLUNTEER SURVEY There was no survey response for 1997. FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF ECOLOGY STAFF There were no field observations recorded for SAMISH (WEST ARM) (WHATCOM) in 1997
TROPHIC STATUS Estimated Trophic State: Not Available Mean Trophic State Index (Secchi): 36 (Oligotrophic) Mean Trophic State Index (Total Phosphorus): 0 (Not assessed) Mean Trophic State Index (Chlorophyll a): 0 (Not assessed)
SUMMARY AND EXPLANATION OF TROPHIC STATE ASSESSMENT No summary analysis was performed for SAMISH (WEST ARM) (WHATCOM) in 1997
COMMENTS FROM 97/06/30 AQUATIC PLANT SURVEY see Samish Lake (east arm) for data
Data collected and provided by Washington Department of Ecology's Lake Monitoring Program (Maggie Bell-McKinnon, phone 360- 407-6124).
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